ADB to provide $501.5m assistance for Rupsha Power Plant

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Business Desk :
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $501.5 million assistance to Bangladesh for implementing the Rupsha 800 MW combined cycle power plant project.
Out of the total amount, the Manila-based lending agency will provide $500 million in Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) loan while the rest of $1.5 million as grant.
The loan and grant agreements in this regard will be signed between the government and the ADB on August 2 at the NEC-2 Conference Room in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and ADB Country Director Manmohan Parkash will sign the loan and grant agreements on behalf of their respective sides.
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